Home Game Poll vol. 1 (1984-1992): Nominate the best NES, Master System, etc console games ever (Nom deadline: September 8th)

There are some pretty great PS1 games fwiw, dunno how well all of them have aged but I look forward to that poll in a big way (also a chance to rep for the half-dozen or so super all-time unbelievable classic N64 games).

BTW Will M., will there be a separate campaign thread once we have the noms together?

I played the shit out of some PS1. I co-owned a PS2 but I probably only played five or so games on an actual PS2 (although I've since played HD remakes and other PS3 ports). I basically just rode my PS1 hard from the late '90s all the way through the 2000s, in much the same way I'll probably still be stuck on PS3 by the time the PS5 rolls around.

I'm down with a campaign thread for sure! Although it'll be tough for me to actually play those campaigned-for games in September, personally, considering it's such a mammoth new release month in modern gaming :)

lol man when we start listing the big hitters of the psx/n64 era it's like, no, videogames had already started sucking by then ..

There have always been sucky games!

Man I wish I had a Nester-modded PSP right now.. !

Are the nominations drying up? I'd be willing to go to phase 2 early if so!

ohh hrrmm. i wonder. feel like i could easily be overlooking something really major and classic. but probably not?

also -

Ghostbusters

this is on for "worst" right???

Genesis:

Shinobi (1987)
Revenge of Shinobi (1989)
Shadow Dancer (1991)

xpost Wellllll...I cheated and nominated it even though I was technically nominating the C64 version, which I loved. I have no idea whether the NES or Genesis versions are worthwhile (although they do seem to be variations on the same game, from what I can tell).

Although I see the NES version has an amazing ending that I was denied:

CONGLATURATION !!!
YOU HAVE COMPLETED
A GREAT GAME.

AND PROOVED THE JUSTICE
OF OUR CULTURE.

NOW GO AND REST OUR

HEROES !

master system for this poll... genesis for the next poll!

Can you compile the nes list so far? I probably have more noms but this thread is hard to navigate for me (on zing)

Sorry, my mistake. Ghostbusters was released for NES and the Master System.

Ghostbusters for the NES is 100% terrible. I generally don't go out of my way to rep for the Angry Video Game Nerd, but IIRC his take on it does nail all the things I found totally dumb, un-fun and head-scratchy as a kid. "The Ghostbusters don't even own their own ghostbusting equipment."

I've got to properly set up this list with crossovers, so before you say a game is missing from x console make sure it isn't already listed for y console... this is the quick and dirty. also if you nominated something in the middle of a paragraph, i probably missed it and am sorry. (thanks forks for your initial re-listing, i used that too).

SEGA MASTER SYSTEM:
Action Fighter
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
alex kidd in shinobi world
Altered Beast
Batman Returns
columns
enduro racer
fantasy zone
Ghostbusters
Golden Axe Warrior
golvellius: valley of doom
James "Buster" Douglas Knockout Boxing
Kung Fu Kid
Mickey Mouse Castle Of Illusion
miracle warriors
operation wolf
Phantasy Star
psycho fox
rampage
rampart
Revenge of Shinobi
rocky
r-type
Shadow Dancer
shadow of the beast
Shinobi
smash tv
snail maze
sonic chaos
Space Harrier
speedball / speedball 2
spy vs spy
Spy vs. Spy
Super Monaco GP
teddy boy
TransBot
ultima iv
Wonder Boy in Monster World
Wonderboy III: The Dragon's Trap
ys
Zillion
Zillion II: The Tri Formation

ATARI 7800:
Dark Chambers
Desert Falcon
Xevious
Food Fight
Mario Bros.
Commando
Galaga
Donkey Kong Jr.
Tower Toppler

NES:
10 Yard Fight
1943: battle of the midway
A Boy and His Blob
Adventures of Lolo
Adventures of Lolo 3
Bad Dudes
banana prince
Baseball Simulator 1.000
Baseball Stars
Bases Loaded
Batman
Batman: Return of the Joker
Battle of Olympus
Battletoads
Bionic Commando
Blades of Steel
Blaster Master
Bomberman
Bubble Bobble
California Games
Castlevania
Castlevania II
Castlevania III
Cobra Triangle
Commando
Contra
Crisis Force
Crystalis
Deja Vu
demon sword
Destiny of an Emperor
Double Dragon
Double Dragon II
Double Dribble
Dragon Warrior
Dragon Warrior II
Dragon Warrior III
Dragon Warrior IV
Duck Hunt
Ducktales
Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball
Earthbound Zero
Excitebike
fantastic dizzy
Faxanadu
Fester's Quest
Final Fantasy
Friday the 13th
gargoyle's quest ii
Gauntlet
Ghosts 'n' Goblins
Golf
Golgo 13
Goonies II
Gradius
Gradius 2
Gumshoe
Hogan's Alley
holy diver
ice climber
Ice Hockey
Ikari Warriors
Impossible Mission
Karnov
Kid Icarus
Kirby's Adventure
Kung Fu
Legacy of the Wizard
Lemmings
Life Force
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
M.C. Kids
Maniac Mansion
Marble Madness
Mega Man
Mega Man II
Mega Man III
Mega Man IV
Metal Gear
Metal Gear II
Metroid
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Mission Impossible
NARC
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden II
Ninja Gaiden III
Nobunaga's Ambition
Otocky
Over Horizon
Parodius Da
prince of persia
Pro Wrestling
Rad Racer
Rampage
RBI Baseball
RC Pro Am
RC Pro Am II
Recca
Rescue Rangers
River City Ransom
Rockin' Kats
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Rush n Attack
Rygar
Section Z
Shadowgate
Smash TV
Solar Jetman
Spy Hunter
StarTropics
StarTropics 2
Strider
Super C
super dodge ball
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros 2
Super Mario Bros 3
sweet home
Swords and Serpents
Tecmo Bowl
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Tetris
The Immortal
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda II
Ufouria: The Saga
Ultima Exodus
Uninvited
Wall Street Kid
Willow
Winter Games
Wizards and Warriors
Yoshi
Yoshi's Cookie
Zanac

Thanks!

don't forget:

Dr. Mario
Little League Baseball: Championship Series

― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, August 12, 2015 10:51 AM (1 week ago)

Nes

Jackal
Track and Field

Nes

Mach Rider

Nes

Urban Champion

Nes

Ring King

whoops sorry for the omissions km!

also hahaha ring king

no problem! also, shoot, one more for NES: Tiger Heli

NES:
Super Spike V'Ball
Tecmo Baseball
Town & Country Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage

Nevermind I was thinking of Super Tecmo Baseball.

we should do some "ILX PLAYS" on these.
i mean, fuck, there's a board.
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/NewAnswersControllerServlet?boardid=56108700

Truly baffled at some noms. Fester's Quest? Karnov? M.C. Kids?! This is the shit you hoped you wouldn't get stuck with when you got to the rental place and it turned out all the Megaman games were checked out.

I know at least one ILXor is a die-hard fan of Base Wars, so I'm going to nominate that on their behalf.

Technically, the title really is "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link," not "The Legend of Zelda II."

Also, for clarity/memory-jogging, I'd mark "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project," not to be confused with the (very odd and obscure) PC Turtles game, "The Manhattan Missions."

And what the hell, I'll nominate Snake, Rattle & Roll - kinda dumb but spent a lot of pleasant afternoons with that at the neighbors'. They were the kind of neighbors that had tons and tons of NES games but almost all medium-bad or dull ones like Low-G Man, the clunky Godzilla game, and the aforementioned Fester's Quest. The snake game and Rampage were the main saving graces until they went 16-bit.

Oh and they had JACKAL which was awesome and which I totally thought I'd nommed upthread - thanks Euler. That's great two-player fun, just drive and blow stuff up, making progress together.

if marble madness doesn't place i'm going to hack into the mainframe and reveal everyone's ballots and last 4 of digits of SSN

Karnov was whats up fuiud

Kick Master is an amazing NES game

Ring King ruled

Karnov had cool music but the rest was your basic too-hard, awkward-to-control platformer, ime.

Technically, the title really is "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link," not "The Legend of Zelda II."

When I post results I'll write the name correctly, but for the sake of people seeing what's nominated i put sequels alphabetically beside each other.

added snake r&r, base wars, kick master, the sutf designbs game, tecmo baseblal, and super spike v'ball. and im trying to type in a very awkward positino so ill fix my typos NEVERF.

I'm playing some NES games right now and I have a new nomination.

DuckTales 2 (NES)

which nobody played at the time because it came out in 1993 with a tiny print run, but it's good despite having a poor soundtrack.

Dom "Very Awkward" Positino

Was always curious about Duck Tales 2! I think I finally checked it out in the emu era and it didn't "click." Maybe it was the soundtrack for all I know - first one had a pretty fucking great one, especially the Amazon and Moon levels. I liked to imagine that the little octopus alien guys were mouthing the dooty-dooty-deedo stuff that opens the latter.

yo rushomancy, if i didn't answer above, japan-only games are acceptable!

in fact i would love it if you would tell me more about sweet home. all i know is that there was a tie-in movie directed by, of all people, kiyoshi kurosawa :O

surprised that Myst is the same year as Doom. in the end i'd argue that the former's legacy didn't really go anywhere but it feels like an historical moment when something shifted

― the lion tweets tonight (Noodle Vague),

there was a good article recently about the creators of both games and what they thought of eachother's game
http://kotaku.com/what-creators-of-doom-and-myst-thought-of-each-others-1565214198

ooh, I'll look forward to reading that. The story behind Myst is so weird and non-typical for 90s games, it sounds much more like a 70s/80s origin story with a couple of outsider non-gamer weirdos cooking this thing up. see http://mentalfloss.com/article/63351/15-things-you-might-not-know-about-myst

NES:

The Adventures of Rad Gravity

was reading an old copy of Groo and this was on the back cover and i have no memory of this existing.

https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11902449_10154187043572137_4587347480124198122_n.jpg?oh=f2ea560574b149e7ff24b8be922dfe23&oe=567D680A

also, that ad is from the JANUARY 1990 issue of groo the wanderer. so, total ground zero for 90's graffik design.

I remember the existence of TurboGrafx-16 (probably as much from those ads on the back of comics as anything), but I don't know that I ever saw one in person.

I remember that so well. Very striking image.